The night air was biting, heavy with the scent of an impending downpour.In that sudden, fragile silence, our home ignited. Within moments, everything we owned was reduced to ash. Ten men, all clad in black and wearing masks, had descended upon the Volt estate. They moved with lethal precision, systematically cutting down our guards and the staff. They showed no mercy; no one was spared.My father shoved me toward the woods, his face tight with urgency as he held the line against them."Go, Elaine! Run while you still have time!" he shouted.His body was already riddled with bullet wounds. I knew I shouldn’t have left him, but terror paralyzed my logic, replaced only by a desperate instinct to survive. Against every fiber of my being, I obeyed and sprinted into the darkness of the forest.I was gasping for air, drenched in a cold sweat. I stumbled constantly, falling and rolling across the rough terrain. I could feel the sting of cuts and bruises from the jagged ground, but I forced m
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